Wednesday, March 6, 2013

I filled in the flower centers with french knots and then added some decorative french knots in the minty green floss:

My next Easter stitching is this bigger motif. I always trace the pattern onto my fabric and I keep another copy of the pattern to look at while I trace. I got everything all set up, started tracing and realized I was having such a hard time seeing the faint lines my transfer pen was leaving :( You can hardly even see them in this picture:

I guess the "ink" in this poor pen has been all used up - I switched to a new pen and this looks sooo much better!

So easy to see! I can't wait to get started on this one. Any color suggestions? I appreciate any ideas!

Speaking of color, for the Easter egg, here is a list of the floss colors I used:

Kim, I am fascinated about how you create your original design do you use something like Coreldraw? And do you use a light box for tracing? I am thinking about buying one after years of using the cheaper methods?

Hi Simone! :) Thank you!!!Emi - Grazie! Ho apprezzato cuciture questo :)Jules - Thank you! Yes I do use CorelDraw! I love it, it is a fantastic program. I have occasionally used a light box -it works well - but the light box I have is so tiny it is frustrating to use.

I get so bummed when my pen runs out of ink. I just stopped using it an starting using pencil... eek! I should go buy more transfer pens.

The Easter piece looks like it's going to look super cute stitched. I always think Easter things look good in pastels. I know that isn't groundbreaking... but I honestly think if you used a similar color palette as the egg, it would look just as good!